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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
You don’t see any similarity to the post I responded to and the way people who married their dog spoke about them?
I think you’re probably right in that people who have never owned a dog might not understand, but people who own dogs don’t always share that same affinity either. I had dogs growing up. They were dogs. You love them like dogs, not like your friends or your siblings or your parents… like dogs. When they die, the gap is dog shaped… you can pretty easily fill it with another dog… if you want.
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I get that dog owners can have different views. I just don't see why you felt the need to make that insulting remark. Be respecting of other people and how they view their dogs.
I would disagree that the gap is easily replaced. Dogs have personalities and have non verbal ways of communicating with their owners and through that a bond develops between the owner and his dog. One that is not easily replaced. They're not just a dog to some owners.
When you factor in the number of years the dog has been with his or her owner it's not unreasonable for an owner to consider tham as part of the family.